The Knowledge Economy portal is an initiative of the Knowledge Economy Resource Center, a project launched by the World Bank office in Romania with the logistic support of the eRomania Gateway association.
The portal provides updated information from the fields of ITC, research,education:
- news, interviews
- studies, analyses, presentations
- events
- books and other publications
KE Forum, Budapest
On March 23-26, 2004, Budapest hosted the Third Knowledge Economy Forum,
entitled "Improving Competitiveness Through a Knowledge-based Economy".
Building on the past years fora held in Paris in 2002 and in Helsinki in
2003, this year's Knowledge Economy Forum concentrated on four major
themes:
1) From Research to Industry and Markets
2) Financing of Innovation
3) Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Economy
4) Innovation in Traditional Sectors and Local Development.
Participants included high level government officials, as well as
representatives of the civil society and the private sector from 22
countries from Europe and Central Asia. The Forum consisted of key note
speeches, case study presentations, thematic group discussions and site
visits. The Romanian Delegation included:
- Florian Filip - Vice President, The Romanian Academy
- Sorin Kertesz - Consultant, Knowledge Economy Resource Center
- Alexandru Lazescu - President, Romania Gateway Association
- Dan Nica - Minister of Communications & Information Technology
- Geomina Turlea - Senior Researcher, Institute for World Economy
- Diana Voicu - General Director in the Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology
- Ovidiu Voicu - Open Society Foundation
See more details about the forum:
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Knowledge Economy on the Development Gateway invites you to share your own experiences with others by sharing web-sites or files that you think are particularly valuable and participating in constructive, open debate on issues concerning the knowledge economy from a development perspective.
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2004 Knowledge Assessment
 WBI’s program on Knowledge for Development uses a knowledge assessment methodology (KAM) which consists of a set of 69 structural and qualitative variables that benchmark how an economy compares with its neighbors, competitors, or countries it wishes to emulate.To access the 2002 interactive KAM, please click here
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On July 23, 2002 eRomania Gateway Association and the World Bank Office in Romania have granted the prizes for the Knowledge Economy Essay Contest. The names of the awardees and the winning essays are available on the website of the contest. We would like to thank to all the participants for entering this competition. |
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- Interview with Professor Vasile Baltac, President of
ATIC Romania (Association for Information and Communication Technology)
